New Delhi: Government today gave ex-post facto approval to an MoU between India and the United Kingdom to support ease of doing business in India.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
The MoU which was signed earlier this month shall enable exchange of officials from both the Governments to facilitate sharing of best practises, offering technical assistance and enhanced implementation of reforms. The collaboration shall also cover state governments in its ambit.
"The MoU shall facilitate various agencies of the UK government to offer professional courses on better regulation drafting for officials, capacity-building of frontline inspectors, sharing of best practises, etc.
"The collaboration is expected to expedite adoption of innovative practises by the Government of India, State Governments and their agencies leading to easing of regulatory environment in the country and fostering of conducive business climate in India," an official statement said.
The UK government has shown interest to offer expertise in areas like support to small businesses and start ups, starting a business and registration, paying taxes and tax administration, insolvency, construction permits, getting electricity, risk based framework for inspection and regulatory regimes, trading across borders, competition economics, getting credit, drafting of laws and regulations, reducing stock and flow of regulation and impact assessment of regulations.
Currently, India is ranked 130th out of 190 economies (as per Doing Business Report, 2017). The UK Government has achieved phenomenal improvement in Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings in recent years.
The beneficiaries include the officials from Central Government Ministries/Departments and state governments through sharing of best practises, capacity building etc. Each side shall bear the cost of travel and logistics for its officials as well as for co-hosting trainings, seminars and conferences.
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The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
The MoU which was signed earlier this month shall enable exchange of officials from both the Governments to facilitate sharing of best practises, offering technical assistance and enhanced implementation of reforms. The collaboration shall also cover state governments in its ambit.
"The MoU shall facilitate various agencies of the UK government to offer professional courses on better regulation drafting for officials, capacity-building of frontline inspectors, sharing of best practises, etc.
"The collaboration is expected to expedite adoption of innovative practises by the Government of India, State Governments and their agencies leading to easing of regulatory environment in the country and fostering of conducive business climate in India," an official statement said.
The UK government has shown interest to offer expertise in areas like support to small businesses and start ups, starting a business and registration, paying taxes and tax administration, insolvency, construction permits, getting electricity, risk based framework for inspection and regulatory regimes, trading across borders, competition economics, getting credit, drafting of laws and regulations, reducing stock and flow of regulation and impact assessment of regulations.
Currently, India is ranked 130th out of 190 economies (as per Doing Business Report, 2017). The UK Government has achieved phenomenal improvement in Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings in recent years.
The beneficiaries include the officials from Central Government Ministries/Departments and state governments through sharing of best practises, capacity building etc. Each side shall bear the cost of travel and logistics for its officials as well as for co-hosting trainings, seminars and conferences.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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